IR 05000282/1979019
| ML20150F343 | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 09/05/1979 |
| From: | Feieraband C, Warnick R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19209C267 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-282-79-19, 50-306-79-16, NUDOCS 7910120315 | |
| Download: ML20150F343 (4) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORI~ COMMISSION
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0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
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REGION III
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Report No. 50-282/79-19; 50-306/79-16 Docket-No. 50-282; 50-306
' License No. DPR-42; DPR-60 Licensee: Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401 Facility Name: Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2
' Inspection At: Prairie Island Site, Red Wing, Minnesota Inspection Conducted: August 1-22, 1979 RFu) W Inspector:
C. D. Feierabend P-V-Jf R F40 =A Approved By:
R. F. Warnick, Chief
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Inspection Summary Inspection on August 1-22, 1979 (Report No.50-282/79-19; 50-306/79-16)
Areas Inspected: Routine resident inspection of plant operations, security, and followup of IE bulletins and circulars and previously identified unresolved items. The inspection involved 46 inspector-hours by the resident inspector.
Results: No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Personnel Contacted F. Tierney, Plant Manager
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J. Brokaw, Plant Superintendent, Operations and Maintenance E. Watzl, Plant Superintendent, Plant Engineering and Radiation Protection A. Hunstad, Staff Engineer
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R. Lindsey, Superintendent, Operations J. Hoffman, Superintendent, Technical Engineering D. Mendele, Superintendent, Operations Engineering S. Fehn, Senior Scheduling Engineer G. Sundberg, Instrument Engineer G. Edon, Shift Supervisor P. Valtakis, Shif t Supervisor M. Balk, Shif t Supervisor J. Meath, Shift Supervisor D. Walker, Shif t Supervisor 2.
Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) Unresolved (282/77-17; 306/77-17): Functional testing of power range nuclear instrumentation setpoints.
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The licensee received a license amendment changing the minimum
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frequency for functional testing of nuclear power range setpoints.
Tests of P8 and P10 permissives and the 25% high flux low setpoint are now required to be performed prior to each startup if not performed within the previous week.
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General Unit 2 operated routinely throughout the month. Unit I was back online August 3, 1979. The unit had been shut down for repairs to the high pressure turbine. During the outage the licensee concen-trated efforts toward completion of tests and inspection of components inside Unit I containment in response to IEB 79-02, IEB 79-13, and IEB 79-14.
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Plant Operations The inspector reviewed plant operations including examination of selected operating logs, special orders, temporary menos, and jumper and tagout logs for portions of the month of August. Tours of the plant included walks through the various areas of the plant to observe operations and activities in progress; to inspect the status of monitoring instruments, to observe for adherence to radiation
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controls and fire protection rules, to check proper alignment of selected valves and equipment controls, and to review the status of various alarmed annunciators with operators.
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The inspector also reviewed annunciator status, recorder charts,
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surveillance records, and logs.to verify that plant operations were
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maintained in accordance with Technical Specification requirements.
No items of noncompliance or devaitions were identified.
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Security The inspector conducted periodic observations of. access control, issuing badges, vehicle inspection, escorting, and communication checks.
j No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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IE Circulars The inspector verified that the licensee had received IE Circulars
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and had assigned responsibility for review for applicability.
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IEC 79-05, Moisture leakage in standard wire connectors.
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IEC 79-10, Pipetittings manufactured from unacceptable materials.
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IEC 79-12, Potential diesel generator turbocharger problem.
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IE Bulletins The inspector, reviewed the licensee's actions in response to the following IE Bulletins and determined that the responses accurately reflect the actions taken.
IEB 79-03, Longitudinal welds in ASME SA-312 type 304SS pipe a.
spools, b.
IEB 79-04, Incorrect weights for swing check valves.
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IEB 79-07, Seismic stress analysis of safety related piping.
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IEB 79-10, Requalification training program statistics, e.
IEB 79-11, Faulty overcurrent trip device in circuit breakers.
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Exit Interviews
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The inspector attended exit interviews conducted by IE:RIII inspectors.
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Messrs. W. S. Little, 1. N. Jackiw, and F. T. Daniels in the
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licensee's corporate office'on' August.9. 1979.
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Mr. X. D. Ward on August 15, 1979.
The inspector conducted interim interviews and conducted an exit
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stated that no items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
Attachments: Preliminary
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